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68th ELECTRONIC WARFARE SQUADRON (ACC)
Lineage. Constituted as 68 Station Complement Squadron on 15 May 1943. Activated on 20 May 1943. Disbanded on 15 Apr 1945. Reconstituted, and redesignated as, 68 Test Support Squadron, on 9 Apr 1993. Activated on 15 Apr 1993. Redesignated as 68 Electronic Warfare Squadron on 13 Sep 1999-.
Assignments. Third Air Force, 20 May 1943; Eighth Air Force, c. 18 Nov 1943; VIII Fighter Command, 6 Jul 1944-15 Apr 1945. 68 Electronic Combat (later, 53 Electronic Warfare) Group, 15 Apr 1993; 350 Spectrum Warfare Group, 25 Jun 2021-.
Stations. Walterboro AAFld, SC, 20 May-25 Oct 1943; Goxhill, England, 18 Nov 1943; Honington, England, by May 1944-15 Apr 1945. Eglin AFB, FL, 15 Apr 1993-.
Operations. The 68th EWS Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Reprogramming Center consists of three flights: SWA, SWB and SWC. The SWA and SWC flights are made up of engineering and equipment specialist personnel, and provide mission data reprogramming for F-15, F-16, and E-3 aircrafts in support of 28 foreign partner nations. The SWB flight is made up of operational and staff support personnel consisting of Testing, IT, Software Development, Management and Budget Analysis, and Security and Facility Management.
Service Streamers. World War II: EAME Theater.
Campaign Streamers. None.
Armed Forces Expeditionary Streamers. None.
Decorations. Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards: 1 Jun 1998-31 May 2000; 1 Jun 2002-31 May 2004; 1 Jun 2004-31 May 2006; 1 Jun 2006-31 May 2008; 1 Jun 2018-31 May 2020. Air Force Organizational Excellence Award: [15 Apr]-31 Dec 1993.
Emblem. Approved on 26 Feb 2008.